Operation of a coal-based polymer unit in China by the end of 2018

According to the “Nippon News Agency”, quoted by Platts, informed sources said:

China’s Jiutai Energy plans to launch its coal-based heavy polyethylene/light polyethylene linear production complex with a production capacity of 250,000 tons per year and a polypropylene production unit with a capacity of 350,000 tons per year in Ordos, China, in the Inner Mongolia region of the country.

Market sources predict that the full commissioning and start-up of the said complex will take until early 2019.

This is a common issue for all polymer production units and generally requires some time before starting up.

The Chinese company currently operates a polyethylene production complex with a capacity of 250,000 tons per year.

It also has a coal-based methanol production unit with a capacity of 1 million tons per year and a dimethyl ether production facility with a capacity of 100,000 tons per year on the same site.
China’s rich coal resources have encouraged many of the country’s chemical and petrochemical manufacturers to significantly reduce their need for other types of feedstock by utilizing this feedstock.